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Men, 200 m World    World Indoor    Europe    Olympic    World Champ.    Europe Champ. All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Chart Manual Timing   24.0y Percy Thornton GBR London Feb 24, 1866   23.2y Charles Emery GBR London May 19, 1866   23.0y William Colett GBR London Nov 24, 1866   22.8y Edward Colbeck GBR London May 31, 1867   22.8*y John Reay GBR London May 17, 1873   22.8*y Montague Sherman GBR 1875   22.6y Frederic Elborough GBR London Oct 07, 1876   22.5y Lawrence Myers USA New York Sep 15, 1881   22.2y Milroy Cowie GBR London Sep 22, 1883   21.8y Harry Hutchens GBR London May 11, 1885   21.8*y Luther Cary USA New York May 31, 1891   21.6y Harry Jewett USA Montreal Sep 24, 1892   21.4y Jim Maybury USA Chicago Jun 05, 1897   21.4*y Robert Kerr CAN Toronto Sep 11, 1908   21.4 Robert Kerr CAN Toronto Sep 26, 1908   21.3*y Jack Donaldson AUS Glasgow Jul 26, 1911 • 21.2y William Applegarth GBR London Jul 04, 1914   21.2*y Charles Paddock USA Paris May 06, 1923   21.2*y Harry Evans USA Colombes Oct 04, 1924   20.6y Roland Locke USA Lincoln May 01, 1926   20.6*y James Carlton AUS Sydney Jan 16, 1932   20.6(HT) Ralph Metcalfe USA Budapest Aug 12, 1933 • 20.6*y Andrew Stanfield USA Philadelphia May 26, 1951 • 20.6 Andrew Stanfield USA Los Angeles Jun 28, 1952   20.6(HT) Arthur Bragg USA Köln Jul 29, 1953   20.6(HT) Heinz Fütterer FRG Köln Sep 04, 1955   20.6* Bobby Morrow USA Berkeley Jun 16, 1956 • 20.6* Thane Baker USA Bakersfield Jun 23, 1956   20.6* Andrew Stanfield USA Bakersfield Jun 23, 1956   20.6* Bobby Morrow USA Los Angeles Jun 30, 1956   20.6* Thane Baker USA Santa Ana Oct 27, 1956 • 20.6* Bobby Morrow USA Melbourne Nov 27, 1956 • 20.6* Manfred Germar GER Wuppertal Oct 01, 1958   20.6* Ray Norton USA San José May 02, 1959   20.6* Ray Norton USA Göteborg Aug 04, 1959 • 20.6* Ray Norton USA Berkeley Mar 19, 1960 • 20.6* Ray Norton USA Philadelphia Apr 30, 1960 • 20.5y Peter Radford GBR Wolverhampton May 28, 1960 • 20.5* Ray Norton USA Palo Alto Jul 02, 1960 • 20.5 Stone Johnson USA Palo Alto Jul 02, 1960 • 20.5** Livio Berruti ITA Rome Sep 03, 1960 • 20.5* Livio Berruti ITA Rome Sep 03, 1960 • 20.5*y Paul Drayton USA Walnut Jun 23, 1962   20.5* Robert Hayes USA Pointe-Pierre Feb 10, 1963   20.5*y Robert Hayes USA Coral Gables Mar 02, 1963   20.4y Henry Carr USA Tempe Mar 19, 1963 • 20.3y Henry Carr USA Tempe Mar 23, 1963 • 20.2y Henry Carr USA Tempe Apr 04, 1964 • 20.0y Tommie Smith USA Sacramento Jun 11, 1966 • 19.8 Tommie Smith USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 19.8* Donald Quarrie JAM Cali Aug 03, 1971 • 19.8*y Donald Quarrie JAM Eugene Jun 07, 1975 Electronic Timing   19.92 John Carlos USA Echo Summit Sep 12, 1968 • 19.83 Tommie Smith USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 19.72 Pietro Mennea ITA Mexico City Sep 12, 1979 • 19.66 Michael Johnson USA Atlanta Jun 23, 1996 • 19.32 Michael Johnson USA Atlanta Aug 01, 1996 • 19.30 Usain Bolt JAM Beijing Aug 20, 2008 • 19.19 Usain Bolt JAM Berlin Aug 20, 2009